Best inpatient drug rehab centers

Comedian Artie Lange left a Pennsylvania drug rehab center to perform at a central New Jersey comedy club on Thanksgiving eve. The former Howard Stern sidekick, who has battled cocaine and opioids for many years, traveled the 90-plus miles – with permission – from the Retreat inpatient addiction center in Ephrata, Lancaster County, to the Stress Factory club in New Brunswick.RELATED READ: Artie Lange on Howard Stern: 'We hate each other's guts'He'll hit the road again Saturday for an 8 p.m. show at the Sarcasm Comedy Club at Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill. (Tickets are $30.) On Wednesday, Lange tweeted that he had been clean for 18 days. After the Stress Factory show, he returned to the Ephrata facility to spend Thanksgiving. In June, Lange was sentenced to four years of probation on a guilty plea to possession of heroin after he was stopped by police on the Garden State Parkway and found to have 81 decks of the drug in his car, NJ.com reported.According to reports, the … [Read more...] about Artie Lange leaves Pennsylvania rehab center to perform at comedy club

El Paso County planning staff have signed off on a California company's controversial plan to build a luxury rehab center in the Woodmoor area north of Colorado Springs. The decision is a green light for Mountain Springs Recovery facility, which will open "in the coming months," Sunshine Behavioral Health CEO Chad Daugherty said in a statement.The rehab center, slated for 1865 Woodmoor Drive on the site of a former Ramada motel, has been vehemently opposed by some area residents who say it's not appropriate in that location and could attract criminals. "We will continue to listen to the concerns of our neighbors and we are confident that ultimately, Mountain Springs will play an important role in addressing the epidemic of drug and alcohol addiction in El Paso County," Daugherty said.An opposition group told The Gazette on Friday that it would appeal the approval of the site development plan, which was posted to a county website on Friday. "It isn’t that we … [Read more...] about El Paso County OKs plan for proposed rehab center in Woodmoor area over residents’ objections

SAN FRANCISCO -- It has been dubbed "the Florida Shuffle." Drug addicts from across the country get lured to the Sunshine State for decades with the promise of treatment, only to be traded from one unscrupulous drug rehab to another. Meanwhile, the patient's insurance company gets milked for tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges. Many have overdosed and even died in the process, prompting Florida lawmakers to crack down on the scam. Now, some bad actors are luring their victims to California, CBS SF Bay Area/KPIX 5 reports. "He called me when he was in treatment and started telling me about California," said Rich Strickling, who lives in Ohio. He said he had a feeling something was up when his 22-year-old son Alex, a recovering heroin addict, called to tell him he was planning to leave his treatment center in Florida for a new rehab facility in California. Days later, he got another call: Alex had overdosed and died in a motel room just a few miles from his … [Read more...] about Father blames “body broker” after son dies in drug rehab

By Teri Sforza | [email protected] and Tony Saavedra | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: October 16, 2018 at 3:15 pm | UPDATED: October 16, 2018 at 3:15 pm On his left forearm, Dillon DeRita had a tattoo of the Serenity Prayer, with its plea for redemptive power. He died at an addiction treatment center in 2016. (Photo courtesy of Rich DeRita) Dillon DeRita passed away on June 26, 2016 in a patio chair at Pacific Coast Detox in Costa Mesa at the age of 21. (Courtesy of Rich DeRita) SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsOrange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer, left, and District Attorney Tony Rackauckas have been engaged in a political feud. (File photos by Orange County Register/SCNG) Garrett Hade, an advocate for recovering addicts, speaks during a visit to Breathe Life Healing Center in Los Angeles in April. State Senator Ricardo Lara’s legislation, specifying that paying for patients is not allowed, was signed into law last month. (Photo by Nick Agro, … [Read more...] about County passes registry for some drug rehab centers to crack down on abuses

By Jason Henry | [email protected] | Pasadena Star NewsPUBLISHED: August 4, 2018 at 12:14 pm | UPDATED: August 6, 2018 at 9:02 pm State health regulators are moving to revoke the license of a well-known Pasadena drug rehabilitation center made famous by the reality television show “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.” The Department of Health Care Services temporarily suspended the Pasadena Recovery Center’s license in June after investigating the death of a client and a series of other violations. The agency now is seeking a permanent revocation to protect the clients of the program, according to records filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings. PRC is now operating as a sober living facility, which does not require a license from the state. Last year, an unnamed client died after being admitted to the recovery program. State investigators determined the client did not undergo detoxification even though the staff had evidence that he or she was under the influence. … [Read more...] about State shuts down Pasadena-based ‘Celebrity Rehab’ center over death, repeated violations